paul ryan was a co-sponsor of a bill to have personhood, federally. which would not only ban all abortion, it would also ban invitro fertilization and most forms of birth control. if you want to avoid the fight, don't put paul ryan on the platform. >> and the republican platform talk ed about you shouldn't be able 20 do invitro fertilization, something that a lot of o republican women have a problem with. it's on the republican platform. >> virginia and colorado, both of those states, michael bennett is the united states senate in colorado, he survived because of the abortion issue, because of the gender gap. he created one of the widest gender gaps in any senate race in the country in 2010. i want to get to a larger point, the issue, the irony to akin and mourdock. and hearing somebody with the nrsc. what you just said about mourdock is a reminder. that isn't who the nrsc wanted, they wanted more moderate republicans, more establishment republicans, but they've not been able to police their own party, they can't. because the base of the party will la